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Here are some of the parts I found very amusing.
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15) Is it true that one special effect on the Mutter tour was so realistic that you had to drop it from the show because it was too disturbing for the audience?!
Till: The effect youre referring to is when Flake set me on fire in a particularly dramatic way, because instead of putting the flames out with an extinguisher, there was actually flammable material in the extinguisher, which resulted in the fire enveloping me even more
So everybody runs and tries to put out the fire they cover me in blankets, whilst around and about all hell is breaking loose everybodys screaming because they think Ive genuinely hurt myself! But then I stand up, Im not injured, and everythings OK. The band didnt think it was such a good idea, but I loved it!
Flake: Actually the band did like the idea, but the audience was so shocked by it that they didnt know what to do, they didnt know how to react, and girls were fainting two & three rows back. The problem was that the rest of the show became something of an anti-climax because the shock of that moment was just so extreme.
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Schneider: In the modern music industry, three years between albums is a pretty long time, but then thats the rhythm of Rammstein. We cant work any quicker
Richard: Were German!
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11) Lets focus on the Mein Teil video for a moment, as it sees the band interpreting the music in a number of different ways. Schneider, have you always wanted to dress up as a woman?!
Schneider: I dont like that question!
Richard: I can answer that.
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13) Richard, youre doing battle with yourself in the video (Mein Teil) how did you find such an excellent lookalike?
Richard: Well, at first I was going to come up with some kind of a dance performance; I tried to work out a routine in my little room at home, using a chair as a prop, but I just ended up falling over.
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2) Some of the scenes in the video were shot on the streets of Berlin did anyone mistake you for a genuine woman?!
Schneider: Yes! Some kids came up to me and asked: What are you? Man or woman? Are you transexual?! And then I was approached by this older woman who was taking her dog for a walk she started talking to me, saying that she knew people in the TV business, and that she and her dog were part of a show; she was really addressing me in earnest, and I thought that maybe she doesnt realise that Im not a woman
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16) Mein Teil can be translated into English in a host of different ways. How do you choose to translate it..?
Richard: I mean, thats the good thing about Rammstein, everybody has his own translation. But for me its definitely my tool point.
Schneider: For me, its my part
17) Which part?!
Schneider: Every part!
Richard: My tool!
Schneider: He ate everything, not only that part
Richard: But first, he was interested in that part
Schneider: Both of them were
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3) Is it true that one of the other treatments considered for the Mein Teil video had the band playing the part of cannibals?!
Till: This treatment would have been pretty funny! There would have been a plane crash, leaving the band members stranded on an island, and then the whole cannibal scenario would have kicked in. However, the idea turned out to be quite problematic because of the cost involved, so we had to go for a different option, and the video we have now is what we came up with
Flake: It would have been very funny, though - Till would have been the chief cannibal, so to speak, and I would have been sitting in the big pot as dinner, while the other band members danced around! That was the plan
Here are some of the parts I found very amusing.
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15) Is it true that one special effect on the Mutter tour was so realistic that you had to drop it from the show because it was too disturbing for the audience?!
Till: The effect youre referring to is when Flake set me on fire in a particularly dramatic way, because instead of putting the flames out with an extinguisher, there was actually flammable material in the extinguisher, which resulted in the fire enveloping me even more
So everybody runs and tries to put out the fire they cover me in blankets, whilst around and about all hell is breaking loose everybodys screaming because they think Ive genuinely hurt myself! But then I stand up, Im not injured, and everythings OK. The band didnt think it was such a good idea, but I loved it!
Flake: Actually the band did like the idea, but the audience was so shocked by it that they didnt know what to do, they didnt know how to react, and girls were fainting two & three rows back. The problem was that the rest of the show became something of an anti-climax because the shock of that moment was just so extreme.
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Schneider: In the modern music industry, three years between albums is a pretty long time, but then thats the rhythm of Rammstein. We cant work any quicker
Richard: Were German!
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11) Lets focus on the Mein Teil video for a moment, as it sees the band interpreting the music in a number of different ways. Schneider, have you always wanted to dress up as a woman?!
Schneider: I dont like that question!
Richard: I can answer that.
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13) Richard, youre doing battle with yourself in the video (Mein Teil) how did you find such an excellent lookalike?
Richard: Well, at first I was going to come up with some kind of a dance performance; I tried to work out a routine in my little room at home, using a chair as a prop, but I just ended up falling over.
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2) Some of the scenes in the video were shot on the streets of Berlin did anyone mistake you for a genuine woman?!
Schneider: Yes! Some kids came up to me and asked: What are you? Man or woman? Are you transexual?! And then I was approached by this older woman who was taking her dog for a walk she started talking to me, saying that she knew people in the TV business, and that she and her dog were part of a show; she was really addressing me in earnest, and I thought that maybe she doesnt realise that Im not a woman
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16) Mein Teil can be translated into English in a host of different ways. How do you choose to translate it..?
Richard: I mean, thats the good thing about Rammstein, everybody has his own translation. But for me its definitely my tool point.
Schneider: For me, its my part
17) Which part?!
Schneider: Every part!
Richard: My tool!
Schneider: He ate everything, not only that part
Richard: But first, he was interested in that part
Schneider: Both of them were
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3) Is it true that one of the other treatments considered for the Mein Teil video had the band playing the part of cannibals?!
Till: This treatment would have been pretty funny! There would have been a plane crash, leaving the band members stranded on an island, and then the whole cannibal scenario would have kicked in. However, the idea turned out to be quite problematic because of the cost involved, so we had to go for a different option, and the video we have now is what we came up with
Flake: It would have been very funny, though - Till would have been the chief cannibal, so to speak, and I would have been sitting in the big pot as dinner, while the other band members danced around! That was the plan
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